both the WRX sti and EVO are all wheel drive and many others rear wheel drive! are we the fastest front wheel drive car in production? are we the fastes ever? i would like to know

 

Dont know. Good question. I'll bet we are.

 

I am thinking pretty hard, and I can't think of any FWD that has been faster stock, ever. I am going to look into this. It would be a pretty strong boast to have, being the fastest ever.

 

It wouldn't be suprising if the SRT-4 was.



-Matt-

 

It is the fastest and quickest FWD production Chrysler car, not sure about the rest of the world though.

 

The SRT-4 isn't stock.....as it is a turbo charged version of the same 2.4L engine in half of the coupe/sedan cars produced by DCX.

HAVING SAID THAT.....as far as a "production" car goes......yes I would have to say that the SRT-4 is one of the fastest production FWD car built currently, with competition from GM's Grand Prix GTP/GXP and Nissan's Altima SE-R...and while it wont beat a stock SRT-4....you could also toss in the Monte Carlo SS, as its also a FWD car...

 

Wha...


How Is the SRT-4 not stock? Dodge makes it that way=stock.

GTP/GXP is not quite as afast - but good call - it is close. Same on the altima.
monte carlo ss. hahahaha

Alfa 147 gta is around 6 to 60 and the renault megane rs is quick, too, buthte srt-4 still nips them.

According to Autoweek, the SRT-4 is the fastest fwd production car ever made in stock guise.

Been searching and haven't found a faster stock fwd out there. For now, until someone can come up with a faster one, we are it.

It is very cool knowing that we are driving the fastest fwd ever made.

 

You are absolutely correct that DCX builds the car that way....but any moron can go out and buy the same kit for his 2.4L engine and do the same thing to it...so in essence...its not STOCK. What I mean by stock is no supercharger and/or turbo charger. They had to ADD that to get that performance. So....since the engine block wasnt capable of it on its own, it's simply NOT STOCK. We can argue till we are blue in the face.

The SRT-4 is a "performance" package. It's an ADDED package. Yes it comes from factory that way so yes you could say its stock. If your definition of stock means a factory production, then yes it's stock. If your definition of stock is like mine, then it's not. Simply a difference of opinon. We are both entitled to them

I guess what I really need to say is this, there are several model cars out there that are without a supercharger/turbo and come close (.5-1.2 seconds difference) to this kind of performance.

If you had listed this as the Fastest FWD Production car for under $24,000......I would not have argued against it.

 

I think you might want to consider using naturally aspirated as part of your language, instead of stock, then, since that is what you mean.

So - by your logic, the sti is not stock, the evo VII is not stock, the volvo type r is not stock, the bmw 330ci with performance packsge is not stock, the boxter s is not stock, any amg of m-series is not stock, the r32 is not stock - shall I continue?

BTW - the GXP you cite - that is a performance package on a "stock" grand prix

The SE-r is a performance package as well.

Way to contradict yourself.

Now - I am not trying to say you aren't entitled to your own opinions, but stock, is an actual classification of car. So, you are misspeaking.

 

I didnt contradict myself, I simply listed cars that were FWD and could be as fast as the SRT-4. I NEVER, NEVER stated that they werent supercharged or turbo'd in any of my statements. I think you should read before you accuse me of contradicting myself. You are absolutely correct that those cars are. However, the GXP is not just a performance package, its an altogether different engine. It's a 5.3L V8. Same that comes in the Monte Carlo and one or two other cars. NON Supercharged I MIGHT add.

Yes, I probably should use NA for this. I apologize for the misunderstanding. As far as performance packages go.....you are correct also. I do not care about engine sizes, because if its a 4cyl or a V8 they still can both lose.